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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: What is the Taoiseach doing to ensure that the big oil companies do not simply pocket the excise duty cut? Reports are already coming in of petrol stations increasing their prices for petrol and diesel today before the cut. Around the corner from where I live, one petrol station increased the price of diesel by 15 cent at lunchtime today. Presumably, then, the station will reduce the price...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. I thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion. The Government's response, whereby it will allow the motion to pass, reeks of cynicism again. Last night, the Government allowed to pass a motion that lacerated its approach to waiting lists for children with special needs but has no intention of doing anything about the issue. Today, it will allow to...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Here we go.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: No problem.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: There was a virtual meeting on the issue of remote working, which the lobbyists-----

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: -----at the committee meeting last week forgot all about. Does the Minister of State know who IBEC met? It met him, the other Minister of State, the Tánaiste and every senior official in the Department. That is some level of access. IBEC has that access and gets the legislation written in its interests. I will remind the Minister of State of something else. It is three months...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Three months have passed and there is a pandemic-----

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: No. The Minister of State should go back and look at the record. He said that he was going to call me that afternoon to arrange a meeting.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It was cynical then, just as it is cynical today. The Government has no intention of legislating for workers' rights except when it is under immense pressure. What is contained in the heads of the Bill is not the right to remote working, but 13 reasons that businesses can give for saying workers cannot do it.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Incredibly, one of the grounds is concern for the commute between the proposed working location and the employer's on-site location. An employer can say "No" on the grounds that it believes the employee lives too far away or too near. What does that mean? There are not just 13 reasons, but any ground at all, given that "the proposal requested is not suitable on business grounds." The...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. It is striking the length to which the State has gone to try to cover up the reality of the extremely long waiting lists for children who have special needs. It is ingenious of the State to try to do so. This stands in contrast with the absence of similar ingenuity matched with resources to provide children with the care they need....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Catholic bishops have, this week, finally agreed to hand over patronage of eight schools so that they can become secular schools. This is after a decade of talk following the forum on patronage in 2012. At this rate it will take 3,000 years to finally have a secular primary school system in this country. Even more alarming are the reports today that the church may be doing with these...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Why not Saudi Arabia?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is the same in Yemen.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: What about what is happening in Yemen?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12794/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the German Chancellor. [12793/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Did the Taoiseach raise with Chancellor Scholz the urgent need for the cancellation of Ukrainian debt? If not, will he raise it at the meeting in Versailles? This is a demand from ordinary people in Ukraine for a cancellation of the debt which is a crushing burden on the economy. The total foreign debt of Ukraine is $125 billion and debt-servicing expenditure for 2022 is expected to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Has the Civil Service management board considered introducing a four-day week without loss of pay for public sector workers? There is a growing movement demanding a four-day week, understanding it would cut carbon emissions by up to 20% and, obviously, provide significantly more work-life balance for workers. Workers understand that productivity has gone through the roof yet the hours...